Disturbing allegations about the conditions inside a Butterball turkey facility from 2006 resurfaced on social media in 2024.

Butterball faces backlash after People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) resurfaced a 20-year-old video on social media of employees allegedly sexually abusing turkeys, sparking online calls to boycott the brand.

Butterball told USA TODAY the video is from 2006 and also said there are no current Butterball turkey recalls.

An undercover investigation by PETA claimed to expose animal abuse inside a Butterball turkey plant, alleging that workers sexually assaulted the animals before they were slaughtered.

A nearly 20-year-old video posted by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) alleging turkey abuse at the nation’s foremost provider of Thanksgiving birds has caused an uproar.

Butterball is under fire just days before Thanksgiving, with calls for a boycott sparked by resurfaced footage allegedly showing poultry workers abusing and torturing turkeys. The controversy erupted after People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) shared a decades-old video on social media over the weekend,

Rumors of a Butterball turkey recall have hit social media just before Thanksgiving. These come in the wake of an animal abuse video resurfacing describing and showing the inhumane treatment of turkeys in one of Butterball’s slaughterhouses.

An old PETA video showing mistreatment of Butterball turkeys under a previous owner went viral on social media ahead of Thanksgiving, leading to returns and calls for a boycott. On Thursday, millions of families will sit down for a dinner that,

This Thanksgiving Butterball is the one getting cooked. Scripps News reported, an old video of Butterball employees physically and sexually abusing live turkeys resurfaced last week -- courtesy of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.